Optimizing Care for the Ventilated Patient and Preventing VAE

Thursday, June 5, 201411:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

On June 5, NYSPFP will host a webinar focused on practices to optimize care to prevent both the infectious and non-infectious complications commonly affecting ventilated patients. Sahil Raoof, M.D., FACP, FCCP, FCCM, will review the ventilator-associated event (VAE) definition and discuss common issues with VAE reporting. In addition, Dr. Raoof will review strategies to prevent the non-infectious complications for ventilated patients, including prevention of barotrauma. Michael Apostolakos, M.D., will provide an overview of best practices in ventilator care, including mobilizing the patient to reduce delirium and other complications.

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Who Should Attend

NYSPFP encourages your ventilator care interdisciplinary teams and front-line clinical staff to join this Webinar. This includes, at a minimum, your VAE clinical and data leads, in addition to any other key staff members (e.g., champion intensivists and/or pulmonologists, nurse leaders, respiratory therapists, quality staff, and infection preventionists) that are involved in the implementation of the VAE initiative.

Who To Contact

If you have questions about this webconference, please contact your NYSPFP Project Manager. If you need assistance with accessing the webinar, please contact Joan Stewart at stewart@nyspfp.org or (518) 431-7522.